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Test and Commissioning Manual

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MN000301R171 Test and Commissioning Manual Ver 2 (PDF File, 358.8 KB) This is the latest version of the Test and Commissioning Manual. The manual defines the commissioning process in our capital project delivery process. This manual is applicable for all substation projects regardless of the delivery mode.	3 May 2017

Substation Commissioning Tools

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MN000301F173 Commissioning Tool – Project Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 308.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F177 Commissioning Tool - Reactor Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 692.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F178 Commissioning Tool - Transmission Feeder Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 404.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F179 Commissioning Tool - Ring Main Unit Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 439.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F180 Commissioning Tool - Communications Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 222.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F181 Commissioning Tool - SCADA Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 1.3 MB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F182 Commissioning Tool - Transmission Cable Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 645.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F185 Commissioning Tool - Earthing Transformer Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 578.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
NA001101F109 Commissioning Tool – NOMAD Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 453.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with NOMAD mobile substations	20 Oct 2015
SP0233C09 Commissioning Tool – Automatic Circuit Recloser Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 467.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0406C04 Commissioning Tool - Substation General Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 1.5 MB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0406C05 Commissioning Tool - Local Supply Transformer Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 422.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0407C04 Commissioning Tool - HV Cable (up to 33kV) Ver 4 (MS Excel Document, 599.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	22 Jun 2016
SP0504C12 Commissioning Tool - Power Transformer Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 1.0 MB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0507C05 Commissioning Tool - Current Transformer Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 1.6 MB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0508C05 Commissioning Tool - Voltage Transformer Ver 2 (MS Excel Document, 1.5 MB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	21 Jul 2017
SP0509C05 Commissioning Tool - Circuit Breaker Ver 2 (MS Excel Document, 719.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	9 Jun 2016
SP0511C03 Commissioning Tool - Primary Injection Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 1.2 MB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	1 Apr 2016
SP0512C04 Commissioning Tool - Surge Diverter Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 414.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0513C05 Commissioning Tool - Capacitor Bank Ver 2 (MS Excel Document, 466.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	21 Jan 2015
SP0514C04 Commissioning Tool - Isolator/Earth Switch Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 448.0 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0515C05 Commissioning Tool - Bus Assembly Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 507.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
SP0518C02 Commissioning Tool - Protection Relay Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 622.5 KB) Provides a standardised Inspection and Test Plan, Checklists and Test Reports for commissioning activities with Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014

Quality Management

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MN000301F171 Defect Reporting and Recording Tool Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 257.5 KB) Provides a standardised Defect Report for recording defects, requests for information and issues arising from project activities on Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014
MN000301F172 Defect Summary Tool Ver 1 (MS Excel Document, 270.5 KB) Provides users with the ability to summarise and produce reports on multiple defect reporting tools within single projects and across projects on Bulk Supply and Zone Substations	16 Dec 2014

LV Cables

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SP0405 Field Test LV Underground Cable Installations SWP (PDF File, 67.9 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for the commissioning of low voltage underground cable installations.	25 Mar 2013
SP0405C01 LV Cable Commissioning Test Report Ver 4 (PDF File, 32.9 KB) Test report for LV cable commissioning.	24 Jul 2014
SP0405C03 LV Cable Inspection and Test Plan (MS Word Document, 59.5 KB) Inspection and test plan for LV cable.	25 Mar 2013
SP0405R01 Field Test LV Underground Cable Installations JSA (PDF File, 60.0 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). Purpose of this JSA is to provide instruction on the field testing of low voltage underground cable installations.	25 Mar 2013

Distribution Substation

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SP0406 Commissioning Ground Mounted Distribution Substations and Switchgear SWP (PDF File, 144.3 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for the commissioning ground mounted distribution substations and switchgear.	10 Mar 2020
SP0406C01 Commissioning Ground Mounted Distribution Substation and Switchgear Test Report, Inspection and Test Plan (MS Word Document, 205.0 KB) Test report, inspection and test plan for commissioning ground mounted distribution substation and switchgear (included in test report).	25 Mar 2013
SP0406R01 Commissioning Ground Mounted Distribution Substations and Switchgear JSA (PDF File, 213.6 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide instruction on the commissioning of distribution substations and switchgear.	10 Mar 2020

HV Cable Distribution

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SP0407 Commissioning Tests for HV Underground Cables SWP (PDF File, 221.6 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for pre-commissioning and commissioning tests on high voltage underground cables (up to 33KV).	24 Feb 2020
SP0407R01 Commissioning Tests for New HV Underground Cables JSA (PDF File, 119.1 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to identify the hazards and control measures associated with testing and commissioning new HV cables (up to 33KV).	25 Feb 2020
SP0407R02 Testing of HV Cables Supplementary Information (PDF File, 278.5 KB) This reference is intended to give a basic overview of insulating materials that can be used during high voltage withstand testing, in particular cable testing.	22 Jun 2016

Power Transformer

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SP0504 Power Transformer Testing SWP (PDF File, 115.0 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for testing power transformers.	16 Dec 2014
SP0504C01 Power Transformer Dielectric and Insulation Test Report (MS Word Document, 94.5 KB) Test report for power transformer dielectric and insulation.	25 Mar 2013
SP0504C01R01 Power Transformer IR and DDF Temperature Correction Test Report (MS Excel Document, 86.5 KB) Test report for power transformer IR and DDF temperature correction.	25 Mar 2013
SP0504C04 Power Transformer No Load Loss Test Report (MS Word Document, 80.0 KB) Test report for power transformer no load loss.	25 Mar 2013
SP0504C05 Power Transformer Load Loss Test Report (MS Word Document, 141.5 KB) Test report for power transformer load loss.	25 Mar 2013
SP0504C06 Power Transformer Load Loss and Impedance Test Report (MS Excel Document, 1.1 MB) Test report for power transformer load loss and impedance.	25 Mar 2013
SP0504R01Power Transformer Testing JSA (PDF File, 47.8 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to outline the requirement for performing these tests on out of service power transformers.	25 Mar 2013

Current Transformer

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SP0507 Current Transformer Testing SWP (PDF File, 58.3 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for testing current transformers used for substation protection and indication systems.	25 Mar 2013
SP0507R01 Current Transformer Testing JSA (PDF File, 34.1 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing current transformers.	25 Mar 2013

Voltage Transformer

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SP0508 Voltage Transformer Testing SWP (PDF File, 252.1 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to provide guidelines for testing capacitive and magnetic voltage transformers.	21 Jul 2017
SP0508R01 Voltage Transformer Testing JSA (PDF File, 35.0 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing capacitive and magnetic voltage transformers.	25 Mar 2013

Circuit Breaker

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SP0509 Circuit Breaker Testing SWP (PDF File, 37.2 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to provide guidelines for testing circuit breakers.	12 Feb 2016
SP0509R01 Circuit Breaker Testing JSA Ver 2 (PDF File, 37.3 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing circuit breakers.	9 Jun 2016

Earthmat

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SP0510 Substation Earth System Injection Testing SWP (PDF File, 208.4 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe implementing an 'Earth System Injection Test' for the purpose of determining the current distribution, earth potential rise (EPR) and personnel safety at a particular site.	24 Aug 2015
SP0510C06 Earth System Inspection and Test Plan (MS Word Document, 60.5 KB) Inspection and test plan for earth system.	25 Mar 2013
SP0510C07 Substation Earth System Injection Testing Analysis Tool (MS Excel Document, 1.4 MB) Provides standardised Test Reports for earth system testing at Bulk Supply and Zone Substations.	20 Oct 2015
SP0510R01 Substation Earth Testing JSA (PDF File, 44.4 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to identify the hazards and control measures associated with measuring step and touch potentials and measuring earthmat resistance using the remote injection method.	25 Mar 2013
SP0510R03 Substation Earth System Injection Analysis Tool User Guide (PDF File, 702.0 KB) Provides a guide to using SP0510C07 Substation Earth System Injection Analysis Tool.	11 Mar 2015
SP0522 Earth Resistivity Testing SWP (PDF File, 421.3 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). Describes the test method for obtaining earth resistivity data.	11 Mar 2015
SP0522C01 Earth Resistivity Test Report (MS Excel Document, 131.5 KB) Test report for earth resistivity.	12 Mar 2015

Transformer Primary Injection

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SP0511 Transformer Primary Injection Testing SWP (PDF File, 39.4 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for carrying out a primary injection test on a power transformer.	25 Mar 2013
SP0511C01 Transformer Primary Injection Test Report (MS Word Document, 126.5 KB) Test report for transformer primary injection.	25 Mar 2013
SP0511C01R01 Transformer Primary Injection Calculation Spreadsheet (Dyn) (MS Excel Document, 63.5 KB) Calculation spreadsheet for transformer primary injection - Dyn transformer.	25 Mar 2013
SP0511C01R02 Transformer Primary Injection Calculation Spreadsheet (YNd) (MS Excel Document, 69.0 KB) Calculation spreadsheet for transformer primary injection - YNd transformer.	25 Mar 2013
SP0511C01R03 Transformer Primary Injection Calculation Spreadsheet (Ynynd or Ya0d) (MS Excel Document, 59.5 KB) Calculation spreadsheet for transformer primary injection - Ynynd or Ya0d transformer.	25 Mar 2013
SP0511C01R04 Transformer Primary Injection Connection Schedule (MS Word Document, 276.5 KB) Connection schedule for transformer primary injection.	25 Mar 2013
SP0511R01 Circuit Breaker Testing JSA (PDF File, 33.3 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for carrying out primary injection testing of a power transformer.	25 Mar 2013

Surge Diverters

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SP0512 Surge Diverter Testing SWP (PDF File, 129.9 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for testing surge diverters.	16 Dec 2014
SP0512R01 Surge Diverter Testing JSA (PDF File, 35.0 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing and commissioning surge diverters.	25 Mar 2013

Capacitor Banks

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SP0513 Capacitor Bank Testing SWP (PDF File, 95.2 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to provide guidelines for testing capacitor banks.	25 Mar 2013
SP0513R01 Capacitor Bank Testing JSA (PDF File, 35.3 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing and commissioning capacitor banks.	25 Mar 2013

Isolator / Earth Switch

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SP0514 Isolator and Earth Switch Testing SWP (PDF File, 95.3 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for testing of isolators and earth switches.	16 Dec 2014
SP0514R01 Isolator and Earth Switch Testing JSA (PDF File, 37.1 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing of isolators and earth switches.	25 Mar 2013

Bus Assembly

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SP0515 Bus Assembly Testing SWP (PDF File, 99.6 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for testing high voltage bus assemblies.	16 Dec 2014
SP0515R01 Bus Assembly Testing JSA (PDF File, 37.1 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to provide guidelines for testing of high voltage bus assemblies.	25 Mar 2013

Protection Relay

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SP0518 Protection Relay Testing for Commissioning SWP (PDF File, 194.4 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for testing of protection relays for commissioning purposes.	25 Mar 2013

On Load Tests

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MN000301R102 On Load and Directional Verification Tests Reference Manual (PDF File, 208.0 KB) The aim of this reference manual is to provide explanatory information and clarify the on load testing requirements of commissioning new and augmented HV plant.	30 Sep 2015
MN000301F125 On Load Measurement (General) Test Report (MS Word Document, 167.5 KB) Test report for on load measurement (general).	25 Mar 2013
MN000301F126 Bus Zone On Load Measurement Test Report (MS Word Document, 143.5 KB) Test report for bus zone on load measurement.	25 Mar 2013
MN000301F127 Transformer On Load Measurement Test Report (MS Word Document, 177.5 KB) Test report for transformer on load measurement.	25 Mar 2013

Reclosers

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SP0233 Schneider Automatic Circuit Recloser SWP Ver 3 (PDF File, 104.1 KB) Standard Work Practice (SWP). The purpose of this SWP is to standardise and prescribe the method for tests associated with N and W series Schneider automatic circuit reclosers.	7 Apr 2015
SP0233C01 3 Phase Recloser Test Report Ver 3 (MS Excel Document, 129.2 KB) Test report for 3 phase recloser.	7 Apr 2015
SP0233C02 SWER Recloser Test Report Ver 3 (MS Excel Document, 114.8 KB) Test report for SWER recloser.	7 Apr 2015
SP0233C08 Schneider Automatic Circuit Recloser Inspection and Test Plan (MS Word Document, 76.0 KB) Inspection and test plan for Schneider automatic circuit recloser.	25 Mar 2013
SP0233R01 Schneider Automatic Circuit Recloser JSA (PDF File, 75.2 KB) Job Safety Analysis (JSA). The purpose of this JSA is to describe the tests to be carried out before accepting a new or repaired N and W series Schneider automatic circuit recloser.	25 Mar 2013

Panels

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MN000301R166 Construction and Wiring Guidelines for Ergon Energy Substation Panels (PDF File, 638.1 KB) These guidelines outline the requirements for acceptance of construction and wiring of control, protection, communications, metering and auxiliary equipment panels within Ergon Energy substations.	30 Sep 2015
MN000301R167 Greenlining and Bluelining of Ergon Energy Substation Drawings (PDF File, 1.4 MB) This document outlines the requirements for continuity and function testing of control, protection, metering, communications and auxiliary equipment panels within Ergon Energy substations.	30 Sep 2015